Rise& Shine

No matter how many times we’ve shot Anne Curtis, the actress never ceases to amaze. She didn’t just capture the imagination of a generation—she dominated it—and continues to dazzle and reign over the competition. For this month’s cover shoot, Curts is clad in head-to-toe Louis Vuitton, wearing both signature pieces and selects from the current collection. Her hair is a cascade of mermaid waves, her sultry, dark lips highlight her perfect, radiant skin. Decades after she burst into the scene a sweet-faced cherub of a tween, her beauty continues to stun and mesmerize. Witness how she literally lit up (with a little help from the bright lights set up by photographer Shaira Luna) the lobby of The Peninsula Manila on a very dark and stormy afternoon. When Luna zooms in for a closeup, Curtis doesn’t pause, staring dead straight into the camera and then closing her eyes as if in ecstasy, but never ceasing her hold, her command. The hair, the makeup and the clothes she’s donning can easily overwhelm another or transform a lucky few, but on Anne Curtis, they simply magnify who she already is.